Horë-Vranisht
Sign in to saveHorë-Vranisht is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Himarë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,080. The municipal unit consists of the villages Vranisht, Kuç, Bolenë, Kallarat and Tërbaç.
Key facts
- Settlement AL.type
- mu
- Settlement AL.official_name
- Horë-Vranisht
- Settlement AL.image_skyline
- Hills Horë-Vranisht.jpg
- Settlement AL.image_caption
- Hills in the area
- Settlement AL.county
- Vlorë
- Settlement AL.municipality
- Himarë
- Settlement AL.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement AL.population_unit
- 2080
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Vlorë District
- Elevation
- 284
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Licence plate code
- VL
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- postal code
- 9413
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
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Horë-Vranisht is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Himarë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,080. The municipal unit consists of the villages Vranisht, Kuç, Bolenë, Kallarat and Tërbaç.
== Name == The village was documented for the first time as Vranisht in 1274, as one of the dominions of the Kingdom of Albania. It is mentioned in the Ottoman documents of 1431-32 as Ivraniste, and with the actual form Vranisht in 1759. It was later known as Korvaleş and was the nahiya centre in the Korvaleş kaza (Its centre was Koç) in Ergiri sanjak of Yanya Vilayet before 1912).
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